Andy Gullahorn is hilarious. “Skinny Jeans,” quick wit, self-deprecation, all of that. But if you only know Andy as a funny songwriter, you’ve completely missed the boat on an exceptional artist. Beyond The Frame was released last year and featured one stirring track after another, each marked by Andy’s incredible ability to turn the song’s meaning or perspective on a dime. The end result is always striking, and this song, which Andy sang at the last Local Show, is a great example.

When I was a kidThe second of fourI remember my dad would sometimes call me by my brother’s nameIt bothered me thenI thought if he loved me moreThere’s no way that he’d repeat the same mistakeI swore to him that when I’d finally grownI would never do that sort of thingBut now that I’ve got three kids of my ownI love them and confuse them just the same

What I thought was trueWhat I thought was rightSure looks a little different after all this timeNo the truth won’t changeBut perspective canSo much for the line in the sandSo much for the line in the sand

There was a timeI was on fireI had a love for a Word I thought I knew but didn’t understand‘Cause I used it as a weaponTo judge from on highWith no love or grace for any who were strugglingBut struggles of my own I could not hideAnd I found myself among the least of menSo you might imagine my surpriseAs I came to recognize myself in them

CHORUSNobody knows what he wrote on the groundBetween the men with the stones and the one left to dieBut there in the sand in front of that crowdWas the sweep of a hand erasing a lineSo give a name to your fearPut a face to the nameTake a look at the tears in the eye of that face and feel the painTake a walk in his shoes and feel something changeAnd know it’s not the truthNo it’s not the truthIt’s you